Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department helicopter flies over the Yellowstone River with the Beartooth Mountains in the background recently. The aircraft bears the badge number of Sheriff's Deputy David Briese, who died in the line of duty 15 years ago on November 3. Sheriff Mike Linder ordered the special number N342YC to honor Briese. The helicopter was given to the Sheriff's Department after it became surplus by the U.S. Army. Below, sheriff's deputies, friends and Billings firefighters gather Wednesday at the memorial to Briese on Interstate 90 near King Avenue West. LARRY MAYER Billings Gazette
Yellowstone County sheriff's deputies tracked a stolen vehicle and arrested suspects following a pursuit Thursday.
From right, Sheriff Mike Linder, County Attorney Scott Twito and Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton discuss cases of COVID-19 at the detention facility on June 1. LARRY MAYER, Billings Gazette
A law enforcement officer mans a turret during a standoff near the intersection of Ridgewood Lane South and Rangeview Drive in Billings on Friday. MIKE CLARK PHOTOS, Billings Gazette
One of the three military surplus helicopters recently acquired by the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder, left, and detectives Frank Fritz, right, and Shane Bancroft tour the department's new mobile crime scene van Wednesday, September 30, 2020. CASEY PAGE Billings Gazette
Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito, center, and Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder speak during a press conference announcing the resolution of the Miranda Fenner homicide case on July 23. Zachary David O'Neill pleaded guilty to killing the 18-year-old Fenner in 1998. CASEY PAGE, Billings Gazette
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder announces solving the 1973 murder of Cliff and Linda Bernhardt during a press conference on Monday. LARRY MAYER Billings Gazette
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder, center right, talks about the new women's wing of the Yellowstone County Detention Facility during an open house Tuesday, July 3, 2018. CASEY PAGE, Billings Gazette
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder speaks at a ceremony to unveil signs honoring Yellowstone County Sheriff's Deputy David L. Briese Jr. along Interstate 90 on Friday, November 3, 2017. Because of the weather, the ceremony was held at the Yellowstone County Jail.
CASEY PAGE, Gazette Staff